Histadrut - Revision history

Tom Griffin: typo

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Tom Griffin: WFTU/ICFTU

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WFTU/ICFTU

Tom Griffin: /* External Resources */

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Melissa Jones: /* South Africa */ typo

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South Africa: typo

Tom Griffin: typo

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Tom Griffin: South Africa

2012-02-24T23:43:37Z

South Africa

Tom Griffin: typo

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Tom Griffin: correct category

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Tom Griffin: started a page

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The ''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit'' or ''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)'' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>

==External Resources==
*Dani Ben Simhon, [http://www.challenge-mag.com/en/article__170/the_unmaking_of_the_histadrut?sysrand=467025396030632255 The Unmaking of the Histadrut], ''Challenge'' 88, November/December 2004.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Israel]][[Category:Trade Unions]]

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 The '''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit''' or '''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)''' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>
-In September 1950, the Histadrut voted to leave the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]] with [[Mapai]] supporters outvoting supporters of [[Mapam]] and others.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1950/09/11/archive/histadrut-council-votes-to-leave-leftwing-world-federation-of-trade-unions Histadrut Council Votes to Leave Leftwing World Federation of Trade Unions], ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 11 September 1950.</ref> In June 1953, the Histadrut joined the [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]] after Mapai and General Zionist trade unionists outvoted Mapam and the Communist Party.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1953/06/23/archive/israel-labor-joins-pro-western-federation-of-free-trade-unions Israel Labor Joins Pro-western Federation of Free Trade Unions], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 23 June 1953.</ref>
+In September 1950, the Histadrut voted to leave the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]] with [[Mapai]] supporters outvoting supporters of [[Mapam]] and others.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1950/09/11/archive/histadrut-council-votes-to-leave-leftwing-world-federation-of-trade-unions Histadrut Council Votes to Leave Leftwing World Federation of Trade Unions], ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 11 September 1950.</ref> In June 1953, the Histadrut joined the [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]] after Mapai and General Zionist trade unionists outvoted Mapam and the Communist Party.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1953/06/23/archive/israel-labor-joins-pro-western-federation-of-free-trade-unions Israel Labor Joins Pro-western Federation of Free Trade Unions], ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 23 June 1953.</ref>
 ==South Africa==

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	The '''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit''' or '''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)''' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>		The '''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit''' or '''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)''' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>
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		+	In September 1950, the Histadrut voted to leave the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]] with [[Mapai]] supporters outvoting supporters of [[Mapam]] and others.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1950/09/11/archive/histadrut-council-votes-to-leave-leftwing-world-federation-of-trade-unions Histadrut Council Votes to Leave Leftwing World Federation of Trade Unions], ''Jewish Telegraphic Agency'', 11 September 1950.</ref> In June 1953, the Histadrut joined the [[International Confederation of Free Trade Unions]] after Mapai and General Zionist trade unionists outvoted Mapam and the Communist Party.<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1953/06/23/archive/israel-labor-joins-pro-western-federation-of-free-trade-unions Israel Labor Joins Pro-western Federation of Free Trade Unions], Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 23 June 1953.</ref>

	==South Africa==		==South Africa==

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 ==South Africa==
-In testimony to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in 2011, [[COSATU]] General Secretary [[Zwelinzima Vavi]] accused the Histadrut of collaboaring with Apartheid South Africa:
+In testimony to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in 2011, [[COSATU]] General Secretary [[Zwelinzima Vavi]] accused the Histadrut of collaborating with Apartheid South Africa:
 ::[[Iskoor]] steel company, 51 percent of which was owned by Histadrut’s [[Koor Industries]] and 49 percent by the [[South African Steel Corporation]], for example, manufactured steel for South Africa’s armed forces. Partly finished steel was shipped from Israel to South Africa, enabling the apartheid state to escape tariffs. Other Histadrut companies such as [[Tadiran]] and [[Soltam]] were equally complicit in supplying South Africa with weapons. Histadrut also helped build the electronic wall between South Africa/Namibia and neighbouring African states in an attempt to keep our liberation fighters out. This wall was, in many ways, a precursor of Israel’s apartheid wall.<ref>[http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=5647 Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the COSATU to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, District Six Museum, Cape Town], COSATU, 5 November 2011.</ref>

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 In testimony to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in 2011, [[COSATU]] General Secretary [[Zwelinzima Vavi]] accused the Histadrut of collaboaring with Apartheid South Africa:
-::[[Iskoor]] steel company, 51 percent of which was owned by Histadrut’s [[Koor Industries]] and 49 percent by the [[South African Steel Corporation]], for example, manufactured steel for South Africa’s armed forces. Partly finished steel was shipped from Israel to South Africa, enabling the apartheid state to escape tariffs. Other Histadrut companies such as [[Tadiran]] and [[Soltam]] were equally complicit in supplying South Africa with weapons. Histadrut also helped build the electronic wall between South Africa/Namibia and neighbouring African states in an attempt to keep our liberation fighters out. This wall was, in many ways, a precursor of Israel’s apartheid wall.<ref>[http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=5647 Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the COSATU to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, District Six Museum, Cape Town], COSATU, 5 November 2011.
+::[[Iskoor]] steel company, 51 percent of which was owned by Histadrut’s [[Koor Industries]] and 49 percent by the [[South African Steel Corporation]], for example, manufactured steel for South Africa’s armed forces. Partly finished steel was shipped from Israel to South Africa, enabling the apartheid state to escape tariffs. Other Histadrut companies such as [[Tadiran]] and [[Soltam]] were equally complicit in supplying South Africa with weapons. Histadrut also helped build the electronic wall between South Africa/Namibia and neighbouring African states in an attempt to keep our liberation fighters out. This wall was, in many ways, a precursor of Israel’s apartheid wall.<ref>[http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=5647 Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the COSATU to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, District Six Museum, Cape Town], COSATU, 5 November 2011.</ref>
 ==External Resources==

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	The '''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit''' or '''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)''' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>		The '''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit''' or '''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)''' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>
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		+	==South Africa==
		+	In testimony to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in 2011, [[COSATU]] General Secretary [[Zwelinzima Vavi]] accused the Histadrut of collaboaring with Apartheid South Africa:
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		+	::[[Iskoor]] steel company, 51 percent of which was owned by Histadrut’s [[Koor Industries]] and 49 percent by the [[South African Steel Corporation]], for example, manufactured steel for South Africa’s armed forces. Partly finished steel was shipped from Israel to South Africa, enabling the apartheid state to escape tariffs. Other Histadrut companies such as [[Tadiran]] and [[Soltam]] were equally complicit in supplying South Africa with weapons. Histadrut also helped build the electronic wall between South Africa/Namibia and neighbouring African states in an attempt to keep our liberation fighters out. This wall was, in many ways, a precursor of Israel’s apartheid wall.<ref>[http://www.cosatu.org.za/show.php?ID=5647 Address by Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the COSATU to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, District Six Museum, Cape Town], COSATU, 5 November 2011.

	==External Resources==		==External Resources==

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 ==External Resources==
 *Dani Ben Simhon, [http://www.challenge-mag.com/en/article__170/the_unmaking_of_the_histadrut?sysrand=467025396030632255 The Unmaking of the Histadrut], ''Challenge'' 88, November/December 2004.
 ==Notes==

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−	The ''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit'' or ''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)'' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>	+	The '''Histadrut Ovdim Leumit''' or '''General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI)''' is an Israeli labour federation.<ref>[http://www.histadrut.net/?categoryId=51903 General Federation of Workers in Israel (GFWI) Histadrut Ovdim Leumit], accessed 24 February 2012.</ref>

	==External Resources==		==External Resources==

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−	[[Category:Israel]][[Category:Trade Unions]]	+	[[Category:Israel]][[Category:Trade and Labour Unions]]